Improvement in sliding-door hangers



UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

GEORGE RUMSEY, OF WATKINS, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLIDING-DOOR HANGERS.

Speciiicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 113,697, dated April 11,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RUMSEY, of Watkins, in the county of Schuylerand State of New York, have invented neW and Improved Barn-Door Hangings5 'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is anedge view of the hanging, showing the offset-jaw C and sheave B. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the jaw O as secured in the recess f; and Fig. 3is a top View of the flan ged track.

This invention relates to an improved hanging for suspending slidingdoors to the walls of barns or other out-buildings; and it consists inthe construction hereinafter described, and speciticall5T stated in theclaim.

Referring to the drawing, A is the hanger, which is cast with asuitable` number of lugs, b, extending from each side, through whichlugs are made holes for the insertion of the screws that fasten the doorto the hanger.

B is the grooved sheave that runs on the track a, said sheave being castin one piece,

with bearings c, that are chilled as to their outsides, and extend intoholes, one of which is made in the han gerA and the other in a jaw, C,one part of which extends parallel to the hanger and outside of thesheave B, its upper part projecting into a recess, f, cast at the topand inner side of the hanger A. The boxes in the hanger and in the jaw,which receive the chilled bearings c, are themselves chilled as to theirinteriors.

The track a, which is intended to be placed on a sill secured to theside of the wall of the building, is cast with iian ges c', extendingfrom opposite sides of the track, and furnished with screw-holes. Theedge of the outside iiange, i, comes to the outer corner of the sill towhich the track is screwed, and4 the effect of the iianges is to preventthe weight of the door from pulling out the screws and drawing the trackover on its side, as is its tendency when only an inside ange is used.

The hangerAis cast with an offset, lr, which makes room for the outsideflange, i, and brings the door directly under the track, thusdistributin g its Weight to each side thereof, and doing away with thetendency to overturn the track before spoken of.

The jaw C is riveted to the hanger by bolts l passing through that partof the jaw placed in the recess j'. Heretofore the jaw O has been castin one piece with the hanger.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The improved barn-door hanging herein described, consisting of thehanger A, having offset 7c and recess f, and the jaw C, secured in saidrecess by rivets d d, and the sheave B, with bearings c c, all arrangedas set forth.

GEORGE RUMSEY.

Witnesses:

Trios. D. D. OURAND, CHAs. A. Pnrrrr.

